Broadcaster Schedule:
Gary Thorne
Tuesday, Nov. 8 at Toronto
Thursday, Nov. 10 at Montreal
Friday, Nov. 11 at Ottawa
Sunday, Nov. 13 at Winnipeg
Tuesday, Nov. 15 at Colorado
Tuesday, Dec. 13 at Buffalo
Thursday, Dec. 15 at Detroit
Sunday, Dec. 18 at Boston
Ralph Strangis
Tuesday, Dec. 20 at Columbus
Thursday, Dec. 22 at Nashville
Wednesday, Dec. 23 at Dallas
Thursday, Jan. 26 at Carolina
Chris Cuthbert
Saturday, Jan. 21 at NY Islanders
Monday, Jan. 23 at NY Rangers
Tuesday, Jan. 24 at New Jersey
Saturday, Feb. 4 at Philadelphia
Jiggs McDonald
Thursday, Feb. 9 at Florida
Miller missed the Kings' final three months last season after undergoing quadruple bypass heart surgery. He is scheduled to call 58 games (including all home games) this season plus the first-round of the playoffs. He returned to the booth this past Friday and Saturday when the Kings played in the Frozen Fury exhibition series in Las Vegas.
Thorne has enjoyed a 50-year broadcasting career, covering a multitude of major events and the National Hockey League (for 12 years) including the Stanley Cup Playoffs/Finals for ABC/ESPN and many NHL All-Star Games. He has also called hockey games for SportsChannel America, the New Jersey Devils and at the University of Maine dating back to 1977. He currently calls baseball games for the Baltimore Orioles. Thorne and Miller were also each in attendance and called Wayne Gretzky's record-breaking 802nd goal:
Gary Thorne calls Wayne Gretzky's 802nd Goal
Strangis is known best as the former "Voice of the Dallas Stars" hockey team. He was in the booth for 25 years with the franchise going back to their beginnings as the Minnesota North Stars. For his on-air work, Strangis has been awarded seven Lone Star Emmys, eight Associated Press Awards and a Dallas Press Club Katy Award. Recently he has written editorial columns and essays for the Dallas Morning News.
Ralph Strangis Play-by-Play Reel
Cuthbert worked for Hockey Night in Canada from 1984-2004 and for TSN since 2005. He also has called games on NBC and NBCSN. He called the 2010 Olympic Gold medal game between the U.S. and Canada, the most watched television event in Canadian history. He has called hockey at every level and has been involved in the ownership group of Guelph Storm (when Drew Doughty was a Junior) and he co-authored the book The Rink Stories from Hockey's Hometowns (which included a chapter on Darryl Sutter and the Viking, Alberta rink). Cuthbert has called numerous LA Kings games on TSN, including the Game 7 win against the San Jose Sharks in 2013.
Christ Cuthbert - LA Kings vs Sharks Game 7 in 2013
McDonald is the "Original Voice of the LA Kings," working in Los Angeles from 1967-72 during the club's very first five seasons. He called the club's first preseason game, first regular season game and first playoff game. He has also worked as a club broadcaster for the Atlanta Flames, Florida Panthers and the New York Islanders, totaling more than 3,000 contests. In 1990 he was the recipient of the Foster Hewitt Award, which is recognized by a plaque in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto and he will return to Los Angeles for Opening Night as the 1967-68 Kings are reunited.
